Piper species are aromatic plants used as spices in the kitchen, but their secondary
metabolites have also shown biological effects on human health. These plants are rich in …

Extractives are non-structural wood molecules that represent a minor fraction in wood.
However, they are source of diverse molecules putatively bioactive. Inhibition of fungal …

Objective To evaluate the total phenolic content and compare the antioxidant activity of
various solvent extracts and fractions from the aerial parts of Coronopus didymus through …

Plants are reservoir for potentially useful bioactive compounds, and owing to the rising
occurrences of drug resistance to malaria parasites, there is a need to discover and develop …

The Piper genus is the most representative of the Piperaceae reaching around 2000 species
distributed in the pantropical region. In the Neotropics, its species are represented by herbs …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Piperaceae is the fifth largest family of plants in Panama.
This review focuses on the ethnomedical uses of the most prevalent Panamanian species …

Several studies have assessed the potential of essential oils as substitutes for synthetic
pesticides, in order to counter insect resistance to commercial pesticides. Piper aduncum L …

Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are critical receptors in the transduction of
nociceptive stimuli. The microenvironment of diverse types of cancer releases substances …

The chemical composition of essential oil of leaves of Piper aduncum L., growing wild in a
fragment of the Atlantic Rainforest biome in northeastern Brazil, was determined through gas …

The continuous and indiscriminate use of insecticides has been responsible for the
emergence of insecticide resistant vector insect populations, especially in Aedes aegypti …